THE TEAINING OF FAEMERS 



dairying: it merely expressed his concep- 

 tion of what education is. 



We have so long associated educational 

 processes with particular subjects that we 

 are in danger of regarding these subjects 

 as constituting the sum of education. This 

 attitude was well illustrated to me some 

 time ago on the occasion of my visiting a 

 farm home. There was a disagreement be- 

 tween father and mother as to where John 

 should attend college, and I was asked to 

 judge. The mother closed her argument 

 with the remark, "His father wants him 

 to go to an agricultural college, but I want 

 him to get an education." In spite of all 

 my questioning, I could not get her further 

 than this ; but she was sure that she saw a 

 broad distinction. 



1. THE QUESTION OF THE EQUIVALENCY OP 

 STUDIES 



The principle of the equality in peda- 

 gogical value of all the different lines of 

 study that comprise the curriculum of the 

 modern high-school or college, is now 

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